Endoscopic ultrasound in the staging of gastrointestinal luminal malignancies [PDF]
, 2013 Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is an important tool in the staging of gastrointestinal cancers. This review highlights the use of EUS in the staging of gastrointestinal luminal malignancies and compares the performance of EUS with other imaging modalities ...
Azzopardi, Neville
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High survivin expression as a risk factor in patients with anal carcinoma treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy [PDF]
, 2012 Purpose: To investigate the prognostic value of survivin expression in pretreatment specimens from patients with anal cancer treated with concurrent 5-FU and mitomycin C-based chemoradiation (CRT).
Distel, Luitpold Valentin Rudolf +6 more
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Gastric tube ulcer perforating the pericardium after subtotal esophagectomy [Perforacija ulkusa želučanog supstituta u perikard nakon subtotalne ezofagektomije] [PDF]
, 2013 Subtotal esophagectomy with retrosternal transposition of the gastric tube to the neck was performed in a 62-year-old patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the proximal third of the esophagus.
Korušić, Anđelko +5 more
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Advanced head and neck cancer: Long-term results of chemo-radiotherapy, complications and induction of second malignancies [PDF]
, 2001 Background: Chemo-radiotherapy is superior to radiotherapy alone in the treatment of advanced, inoperable head and neck cancer. The long-term treatment results, the induction of second malignant tumors, and other long-term toxicities are not well defined.
Aydemir, Ü. +6 more
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NEDD4L mediates ITGB4 ubiquitination and degradation to suppress esophageal carcinoma progression
Cell Communication and SignalingThe ubiquitination-mediated protein degradation exerts a vital role in the progression of multiple tumors. NEDD4L, which belongs to the E3 ubiquitin ligase NEDD4 family, is related to tumor genesis, metastasis and drug resistance. However, the anti-tumor
Yijun Shi +12 more
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Chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery versus surgery alone in esophageal cancer patients: is it time for additional evidence? [PDF]
, 2011 Recent efforts to improve survival in patients with locally advanced esophageal carcinoma have combined both systemic and local therapy. However, the role of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in technically operable IIa-III esophageal carcinoma is still ...
Stefano Cafarotti +4 more
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Trop2 and its overexpression in cancers: regulation and clinical/therapeutic implications. [PDF]
, 2014 Trop2 is a transmembrane glycoprotein encoded by the Tacstd2 gene. It is an intracellular calcium signal transducer that is differentially expressed in many cancers. It signals cells for self-renewal, proliferation, invasion, and survival.
Bonavida, Benjamin, Shvartsur, Anna
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The significance of CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocyte infiltration in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Indian Journal of Pathology and MicrobiologyPurpose: To investigate the relationship between the abundance of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in the tumor microenvironment and the prognosis of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, and to analyze their correlation and explore its clinical value ...
Jiang Y. Zhao +5 more
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The role of epidermal growth factor-like module containing mucin-like hormone receptor 2 in human cancers. [PDF]
, 2014 G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are among the most diverse and ubiquitous proteins in all of biology. The epidermal growth factor-seven span transmembrane (EGF-TM7) subfamily of adhesion GPCRs is a small subset whose members are mainly expressed on ...
Bloch, Orin +8 more
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Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2011 Synchronous malignancies with an esophageal malignancy are not uncommon. However synchronous esophageal and renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is rare with only 11 cases reported in the world literature, the esophageal malignancies being adenocarcinomas or ...
Parakkal Deepak +2 more
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